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To the ryght honorabl
the countys of Shrewsbury
my very good mother
Eliz.abeth Countess of Lenox
(Mother to ye Lady Arabella
who was taken off) Second
Daughter of Sir William Caven=
=dish. Her Husband was
uncle of King Iames ye 1.st.
X.d.428
(51)
82
My humbl duty remembred beseching your La:dyship
of your daly blesinge presuming of your
mother like affeccyon towards me your
childe that trusts I haue not so
euell deserued as your La:dyship hath made
shewe; by your Letters to others whych
maketh, me doutfully that your La:dyship hath
ben infoormed som great vntruth of
me or else I had well hoped that for
som smal trifels I shuld not haue
contenued in your displeasur so
longe a time and I myght be so bould
as to craue at your La:dyship’s hands that
it wold pleas you to exteme shuch falce
bruts as your La:dyship hath hard reported
of me as lightly as you haue don
when others wer in the like cas I shul
shuld thinke my selfe much the more
bounde to your La:dyship I besech you
make my harty comandacions
to my aunt I take my leaue in
humble wyse hacknay xxv
of Iuly
your La:dyship’s humbl
and obedint dough
E Lenox
169
Initial release version, September 2013